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Friday, April 4, 2014

No spring flowers yet in our area of northern Illinois

Despite the calendar saying that we are two-weeks into
spring, the sepia melancholy of winter hangs on. There is no spring yet for us. “Verdant” is
not a word anyone would use to describe our neighborhood landscapes, “Nuclear
waste spill aftermath” would be a better fit.
Some daffodils have broken through the crust but there are scant few
buds yet. Most evergreens suffered
through winter’s cold and snow with little visible damage, the exception being
Dwarf Alberta Spruce trees, most of which showed substantial winter burn.

Down here in my part of Texas, we're barely getting enough rain to get by, and roadsides are green with bluebonnets everywhere. But the drought looms large still as so many of our reservoirs are so low, and it would take a year or so of steady rain to get us back near normal. And that doesn't look likely.